November 11th, 2020
Understanding social attitudes on equality between people of different genders (especially inequality between men and women and cis/trans folks) is key to understanding the risks of gender-based violence. When men, women, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people are viewed as ...
June 8th, 2020
Who matters when we think about domestic violence and sexual assault? Who are we protecting and who do we silence? Over the course of the last few months, our country has been forced into a reckoning of whose pain is ...
April 9th, 2020
Hey all you cool cats and kittens! We’ll admit it, we jumped on the bandwagon and dove deep into the wild world of Tiger King – and as always, we have some thoughts (Spoilers coming—but if you haven’t seen the ...
April 1st, 2020
If you've worked in social services, you've likely heard about "self-care" so many times you've lost count. If not, you might be encountering this term for the first time as we all spend more time investing in our mental ...
March 25th, 2020
As with many social-service agencies and businesses, we find ourselves operating under a new normal due to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
While we are all practicing social distancing, finding new ways to spend our time, and doing our best to keep ...
January 31st, 2020
***Trigger warning: description of stalking.
"And there you were, every account set to public.
You want to be seen, heard, known. Of course, I obliged."
- Joe Goldberg
Joe Goldberg is a fictional character in Netflix's thriller series You, which released its second season ...
January 24th, 2020
Content Warning: Discussion of sexual abuse, sexual predators, and consent.
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As Harvey Weinstein's case continues in New York, the main argument from his legal team is that every encounter brought up in the trial was actually consensual. He says that he ...
December 4th, 2019
Did you hear our Perspective this morning on WNIJ? If you're not a radio listener, check it out at this LINK.
Outgoing Kentucky governor Matt Bevin is using his final days in office to make a powerful statement. On Nov. 22, ...
November 27th, 2019
Content Warning: discussion of sexual abuse, sexual predators, and the legal system. No descriptions of sexual acts.
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As one of his final acts as Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin has taken it upon himself to pardon a convicted child abuser. (LINK) ...
February 28th, 2019
Content Warning: discussion of domestic violence and murder
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A DeKalb County man recently returned to the area fleeing California after allegedly shooting another man to death. (Links to local reporting on the crime HERE and HERE). Mark Sypien had a host ...